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A ceremony to mark the beginning of the First World War for New Zealand. The main ceremony will be held in Parliament Grounds with a 100-gun salute being fired on Wellington’s waterfront in front of Te Papa.

- Conclusion
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon David Carter

- Members of the official party will move to the Parliament lawn to place the final crosses in a Field of Remembrance of 100 crosses.

100-gun salute information:
The Saluting Officer, Major Anthony Robinson, Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery, Orders "16 Field Regiment will fire 100 rounds to mark the beginning of the First World War for New Zealand". Ten 105mm Howitzer guns will fire one round each until 100 rounds have been fired. This is the first time in over a hundred years a gun salute of this magnitude has been fired in New Zealand. A 101-gun salute was fired in 1911 to mark the coronation of King George V.

[Image credit: Politicians and a crowd, outside Parliament Buildings, upon the declaration of war with Germany, August 1914. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/2-048457-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.]